For Sale: Ridiculous Political Domain Names

Are you a mythical creature who leans conservative? Do you anticipate a big story about Obama collaborating with a ’90s rapper? The bad news is someone might have already nabbed your perfect political domain name. The good news is that it might also be among the thousands up for auction this cycle.

Internet registrar Go Daddy recently released stats about how eager people have been to buy domain names. Since June, more than 1,600 containing some form of “Mitt Romney” or “Paul Ryan” have been registered. Combinations of Obama/Biden are trailing, but there are still some gems out there. Here’s a taste of what’s currently up for auction, suiting every imaginable taste:

For the disgrace-oriented entrepreneur:

romneyscandals.com ($999)

obamasfauxpas.com ($12)

For underrepresented voting blocs:

djsforobama.com ($12)

unicornsforromney.com ($800)

For people dedicated to very unlikely couplings:

romney4cannabis.com ($100)

cooliobama.co ($12)

For entrepreneurs setting their hopes on typos:

mitchromney.com ($9000)

forbidenlove.com ($800)

For entrepreneurs with wacky merchandising ideas:

obamalightbeer.com ($12)

romneypaul2012tees.com ($50,000)

For people who probably need to update their slang:

brobama.com ($50,000)

romneyrocks.com ($600)

For the person partial to edible kernels and who loves or hates Obama:

It's a surprisingly lucrative business to gobble up silly domain names and then sell them off to desperate bidders. You are right though, I can't imagine why anyone would pay that for an effectively useless domain name.

Romneyflipflops is taken for .com but all others open. Maybe we commentariat can buy up the good names and flip 'em like homes for a quick profit (I doubt the High Sheriffs would allow the swamp reporters in on the action).

Thanks, Katy. I just went to domain.com and searched some names. Unicornsforromney is indeed taken but romneymagicunderwear is available! The list of alternates for THAT is highly entertaining. Rightwingnutjobs is taken for .com, .net, and .org, but .co and .biz are still open.